Robot, Volume 1

Robot #1

by Range Murata, Yoshitoshi Abe (Artist), Sho-u Tajima (Artist)

Robot Vol. 1 is an all-color manga compilation and edited by the elite manga artist Range Murata, character designer for Studio Gonzo's Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. His hand-picked contributors come together in a mind blowing experiment of what happens when top manga artists work in the unusual medium of color. From Range Murata's picturesque portrayal of a long and hot motorcycle ride through the countryside to Yoshitoshi Abe's tale of dark fantasy resembleing a D&D campaign gone horribly wrong, narrative diversity competes with high level artistic experimentation in this monumental work.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Art, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction, Fiction

164 pages, Paperback

First published October 21, 2004

About the author

Range Murata (村田 蓮爾 Murata Renji, born October 2, 1968, in Osaka) is a Japanese artist and designer, known for his unique style combining Dieselpunk and Japanese anime elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6.

He began his career in the early 1990s doing design work for video games, including having done the character designs for the 2003 PlayStation 2 game Spy Fiction.

He has published more than a dozen books of his work, some of the most notable being rule and futurhythm. He is also voted "Best Artist of the Year" 2006 in the Seiun Award.

Reviews

[kalireadsdreams · Rating 2 out of 5]

J'ai trouvé ce manga par hasard chez Noz pour 0.99cts donc je n'ai pas cherché à comprendre, je l'ai acheté et lu dans la journée.
Il s'agit en fait d'un recueil de différentes petites histoires réalisées par différents artistes. Certaines planches sont magnifiques et m'ont beaucoup plu, mais la majorité n'étaient vraiment pas mon style.
Certaines histoires étaient assez perturbantes, c'est un livre à ne vraiment pas laisser entre toutes les mains.
Bien que très sympathique pour découvrir de nouveaux mangakas, je ne suis pas une grande fan de ce Tome 1.
Il n'en reste pas moins qu'il s'agit d'un très bel ouvrage.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

3rd printing

[batfos · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the first ones…

[Index Purga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primer tomo de la antología de los tres que se publicarían en castellano. Índice pendiente.

[Tatiana Alejandra de Castro Pérez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Una lectura bastante floja, ya que no son historias completas sino primeras partes de un montón de historias. Algunas eran auténticos disparates sin pizca de gracia. No volveré a leer un cómic de esta colección ni aunque me obliguen a hacerlo, así de simple.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little collection with short stories ranging from completely ridiculous to sweet to tragic. I look forward to reading Volume 2.

[Daniel Noventa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very creative. Beautiful art.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Antología de mangas a color en formato grande. Edición española.

[batfos · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the first ones…

[Francine]

(No rating, because my edition is in Japanese and I can't read that.)

A collection of very short stories. The art is gorgeous, some of it 18+. Sure wish I knew what they were saying.